The Election Of The Conservative Party Leadership

Another contributing factor at this election may have been performance in office, which in the above statement is not seen as important as personality and image. However, performance in office may have been extremely detrimental for the conservatives in 1997 because of their crisis in 1992. This focuses on the retrospective model, as people saw the Conservatives as incompetent in handling the economy because of Black Wednesday in September 1992. The Conservatives and especially Noramnt Lamont, Chancellor of the Exchequer, were to blame for the crisis that saw the pound forced out of the ERM. This didn’t help at the 1997 general election where they did extremely badly in a huge Labour win.

‘The main reason for conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity’ Assess the validity of this view. (June 2011)

The biggest issue or in another word , the most debated issue in the United Kingdom as for today is the repelling of the Human Rights Act , an idea which has been brought on by the Tory government . This is mainly because the Tory government is in the opinion that the Human Rights Act 1998 had allowed the judiciary to undermine the parliament which they plan to replace it with the British Bill of Rights .

In the start of these three paragraphs, she states what “others” in society believed or predicted, but then in the second part of these paragraphs, states what actually occurred, all thanks to Reagan. For example, “Others prophesized the decline of the West. He inspired America and its allies with renewed faith in their mission of freedom.” These contrasts presented by Thatcher between what was predicted, and what Ronald Reagan was actually able to accomplish, gives the American people a fresh reminder of the way in which even against all odds, Reagan still

Whether or not there truly was a ‘post war consensus’ in British politics from 1951 to 1964 is a highly debatable topic of which historians can often appear to be in two minds about; on one hand, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson infamously described the period as ‘Thirteen years wasted’, whereas historian Robert Blake (a supporter of the Conservatives’, regards it as a ‘Golden age of growth’. The likes of Kevin Jeffrey’s even argue that consensus had even started before the war. Overall, the central issue was the idea of a mixed economy.

With the recent provincial election victory of the Parti Québécois, the nation of Canada will encounter many upcoming challenges in a fierce battle that will ensue, sparked by the Parti Québécois, in an attempt to achieve a sovereign Quebec. These challenges will require immediate and effective action on issues regarding the Parti Québécois’ platform centering on the objective of achieving a sovereign Quebec. Canadian national unity is at risk and being challenged with the election of the Parti Québécois and through the separatist movement gaining strength within Quebec. The election of the Parti Québécois is an indisputable reality that demonstrates the emergence of the separatist movement progressing and gaining sway in Quebec. This poses an extremely dangerous threat to the nation of Canada, as national unity is at the forefront of present day Canadian issues and being pushed to the breaking point. The separation movement in Quebec is reaching drastic heights that have not been witnessed before throughout the history of Canada and I urge you, Mr. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, to act immediately via taking a number of suggested actions that will result in the satisfaction of the residents of Quebec. It is crucial to take immediate action to please the Parti Québécois and citizens of Quebec simultaneously to ensure a unified Canada and in order to impede the separatist movement.

The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success, despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation, one that would be a ‘better place in which to be born, to grow up, and to live and even die’. On the other hand it is possible to criticise Labour due to their ‘irresponsible’ spending.

It has been argued that “the repeal was also seen as a victory for the modernising agenda of New Labour and Prime Minister Tony Blair.” , suggesting that New Labour had continued to act upon traditional Labour values of equality, and taken this into the twenty-first century. This amendment of legislation demonstrates that, in this respect, New Labour was not influenced by Thatcher, as they overturned Thatcher’s own legislation, marking a clear difference between their two views. However, a change can still be identified in New Labour’s rhetoric, shifting from a focus on equality of outcome, which had been a priority of Old Labour, to equality of opportunity. E“made it clear that redistribution is no longer about reducing the privileges of the rich in favour of the poor, through the taxation and benefit systems, but is instead about ’redistributing opportunity’ through education, training and paid employment.” .

Disraeli believed in an organic society held together by duty and responsibility, and was responsible for the Second Reform Act which gave the working class the vote and also improved housing conditions and hygiene. This is often seen as a form of Tory welfarism. One nationism reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s when conservative governments in the UK promoted social welfare, in stark contrast to later, New Right conservative governments such as the Thatcher Government (1979-90). In the 50s one-nation conservatism was seen as a ‘middle way’ between ‘laissez-faire’ liberalism and socialist state planning. Therefore, paternalistic conservatism could be seen as the way of moderation.

During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, reviving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and reinvigorating the nation's foreign policy. She challenged and did much to overturn the psychology of decline, which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War, pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination. In the process, Margaret

The Thatcher Era negatively influenced the socioeconomic conditions of Scotland for eleven years, during which time Trainspotting is set, which illuminates the impact of Thatcherism on the morale and pride of the Scottish people. During her tenure as Prime Minister, from 1979 to 1990, Margret Thatcher hoped to restore a sense of British pride following the Winter of Discontent, but in doing so, she implemented taxes and limited the creations and power of labor unions. These changes were not received well and profoundly influenced the conditions of the Scottish social system and diminished both their British and national pride (Stewart 13). Although Thatcherism was intended

In 1964, Harold Wilson began his term promising optimism and results. Wilson worked to demolish Great Britain’s debt to the best of his ability. He threw himself into his ideas of creating a “New Great Britain” which helped ignite a large second industrial revolution (Prime Ministers and Political Timeline). Heath, a conservative elected in 1970, devoted himself to settling political and social uprisings in the public. In 1979, Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain’s first female Prime Minister, took office.

All of these economic changes made by Margaret Thatcher were extremely right wing with very capitalist values. All her policies were heavily criticised by Labour which is why it seems strange that Tony Blair has adopted many of her values and policies. As labour were so against privatisation in the 1980's most thought that they would try and change things when they were in power. This of course was not the case and in 1997 Tony Blair's labour government showed willingness to keep privatisation as an option and private ownership plans were not disgarded as some thought they might be, they were in fact extended. Blair's government planned to sell 51% of air traffic control and they also introduced private ownership in some of the London Underground's busiest lines.

When Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister the first thing she wanted to do was limit union power. She felt that union power applied to nationalized industrial monopolies resulted in poor service at exorbitant cost to the taxpayers. She pointed to inefficient work practices, over employment and restrictive employment

In Tony Blair’s Socialist Manifesto (1994), he reinvents the idea of “social-ism” in order to “fit the ideology to the world” since the economic and social interests of people are constantly evolving. After World War II, the economy became a lot more global, the service industry grew and there has been an increase in human rights movements as the public have been less progressive. Aligned with the ideas of “socialism”, Blair supports a concept called the “Third Way” which is based on the idea of combining center-right economics and center-left social policies (“The Third Way”, n.d).The idea was developed by Anthony Giddens, the sociologist and director of the London School of Economics, he argued that the reformist governments could no longer rely only on the ideas of complete social and economic state control in the face of the forces and finances of globalization. Therefore, Giddens proposed an idea that would support center policies, but also remain committed to radical measures. Blair refers to the third way as his version of “socialism” which is in favor of economic growth and entrepreneurship as well greater state intervention to improve social justice and equality among civilians (“UK Politics: What is the Third Way,” n.d.). Using the ideas of the third way, Blair reformed the Labour Party and their ideas. Under his leadership, the Labour Party became the New Labour Party with a